Faraday Enclosures (FE)
 Figure: Faraday Enclosure (FE3B). |
Our Faraday Enclosures (FE) are conducting chambers with transparent walls and internal microwave absorbers. They block and absorb radio waves in the 902-915 MHz frequency band so as to permit our micropower telemetry system to operate in laboratory spaces where mobile phone interference would otherwise swamp our telemetry signals. We make bench-top enclosures, such as the FE3B, into which you can load two rat cages. The FE3BS has a shelf half-way up, and will accommodate six mouse cages. We also make free-standing canopy enclosures, such as the FE5B, into which you can install an Individually Ventilated Cage (IVC) rack full of animal cages. All our Faraday enclosures have feedthroughs of some sort to allow coaxial cables and Ethernet cables to enter the enclosure. These feedthroughs allow us to install Loop Antennas (A3015) and Animal Cage Cameras (ACCs) into the enclosures without bringing interference into the enclosure with the cable. Our telemetry system is intended for use in laboratory rats and mice, all of which live in cages. We use the term "Faraday enclosure" in place of "Faraday cage" for two reasons. First, we want to distinguish between our metal constructions and the animal cages. Second, our enclosures are not simply conducting cages, they are cages with internal absorbers. |
